50 Years Ago

Herald of Feb. 3, 1972

Appleton Papers in Roaring Spring outlined the steps the company planned to take to combat air and water pollution. Appleton planned to spend $700,000 during 1971 and 1972 for air control improvement in Roaring Spring.

The groundhog saw his shadow on Feb. 2, foretelling six more weeks of winter. The Herald noted that winter had barely just arrived, with an unusually warm January and the first snowfall of the season occurring only a few days before Groundhog Day.

The US Envelope Company was awarded a new four-year-contract by the government to continue as the exclusive manufacturer of embossed stamped envelopes sold by the U. S. Postal service. The envelopes were made at the Williamsburg plant for the past several years.

Fire damaged an estimated 70 percent of the Paul Ross home at Williamsburg RD 2. A teenage daughter was tending the furnace fire when flames exploded out of the furnace.